Luiz Sócrate

Luiz Sócrate

São Paulo, Brazil

Member since June 28, 2014

Luiz is a full-stack developer with years of experience working as a consultant for big clients and on intense projects. He has an academic background in both chemistry and graphic design. He approaches the scientific method seriously and takes on a pragmatic approach when working with clients.

Developed a single-page application using Ember.js that powered the interface for a buyer's club, involving interfacing with various partner APIs.

Designed and developed a single-page application using Ember.js and D3.js to allow administrative tasks and custom business intelligence reports to be extracted and visualized from another application.

Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, Ember.js, D3, Sass, Bootstrap

Back-end Software Developer

Natura (via Concrete Solutions)

2013 - 2013

Developed a PHP adapter for the Java TinCan library.

Implemented Drupal modules for e-learning.

Implemented Drupal custom themes.

Technologies: LESS, PHP, Drupal, MySQL

Lead Developer

Locaweb (via Concrete Solutions)

2012 - 2012

Handled the transition of projects from third-party developers to in-house developers.

Integrated a custom authentication platform.

Developed administration panels for a CMS.

Handled project migration from SVN to Git.

Implemented a custom theme system on top of WordPress.

Technologies: PHP, WordPress, MySQL, JavaScript, Sass, SVN, Git

Software Developer

Dafiti (via Concrete Solutions)

2011 - 2012

Implemented improvements on validation and data display for store checkout.

Improved and refactored the store templating system to allow whitelabel stores. Implemented administration of the new templating system and its caching system.

Developed an integration flow for the welcoming process for sellers from the sixth largest direct sales company in the world.

Developed a system responsible for handling the logistics of tracking one of the largest delivery operators in Brazil.

Handled performance optimization for a series of process reports using PostgreSQL.

Optimized processes for the printing of delivery packages.

Developed custom reports for the marketing department.

Technologies: Perl, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Web Developer

New Content

2010 - 2011

Designed and developed a platform for advertising tweets by celebrities, allowing bidding on campaigns, scheduling of tweet publications, tracking of clicks and handling of payments. Developed algorithms to determine the reach of each Tweet and celebrity.

Developed both the back-end and front-end of a CMS for highly interactive magazines and the accompanying APIs.

Integrated Google Maps with various custom functions as the main navigation into a tourism portal.

Created a system to allow readers of a tourism portal to create a schedule for their trips and be able to save it without requiring any logins.

I led the development team of Gestor8 and was the responsible for its architecture. Gestor8 is a complete human resources management SaaS, developed as a single-page application made using Ember.js and Node.js.

DFTStores is the white-label SaaS version of Dafiti's own store that can be provided for third parties. I was part of the team that developed this feature into the eCommerce platform, which was quite complex, since this feature was absolutely unexpected in the application architecture. To implement this, the whole system had to be modified, from interface rendering and administration to storage and caching. This turned the system from a simple, unique one into an open platform. I was responsible for the implementation of the new interface rendering engine (and its caching) and the administration sections.

Travelbank is an App for iOS and Android, developed using Ember.js and Cordova. The app tracks travel expenses for corporate travelers, handles budgeting and budget suggestions, generates reports, and has the tools to allow managers to control budgets and refund expenses. I did extensive work in this app's client, working on budget suggestions, expense entries, reports, and many other features.

Luiz is a mentor in the Toptal Global Mentor’s Program.
This program is a partnership between Toptal and General Assembly to provide high
quality mentorship for students from minority and low income backgrounds who are
looking to begin their careers as professional software engineers. Luiz
shows commitment to diversity in tech by mentoring a General Assembly student every
week for a year, covering everything from coding tips and tricks to advice on making
it in the industry.